Means for holding and raising carriage-windows.



No. 630,7I6. Patented Aug. 8, I899. G. B. KING, In. MEANS FOR HOLDING AND RAISING CARRIAGE WINDOWS.

(Application filed June 9, 1899.-

(NO-Model.)

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CHARLES BEAN'KING, JR, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS CORAN KING, ERNEST NORMAN BURTON DONISTIIORPE, AND HERBERT GEORGE LATILLA, OF SAME PLACE.

MEANS FOR HOLDING AND RAISING CARRIAGE-WINDOWS SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 630,716, dated August 8, 1899.

Application filed June 9, 1899. Serial No. 719,978. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES BEAN KING, Jr. electrical engineer, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 28 Church Row, Hampstead, London,in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented Improved Means for Holding Down and Raisin g Carriage-Windows, of which the following is a specification. For raising carriage-windows and the like I employ a counterweight which can slide up and down on two vertical steel rods contained within the central portion of the lower part of the door. Said rodspass through the weight and are fixed at the top on the middle rail of I 5 door and at the bottom on the bottom rail of door. The holes in counterweight through which the rods pass may be lined with gunmetal tubing or the like to reduce friction. The rods keep the weight from getting out of position and prevent rattling when the door is slammed or the carriage is in motion. On the center of the middle rail I mount a pulley centrally between the upper ends of the rods and immediately over the counterweight.

2 5 Over this pulley I pass a broad leather strap or the like, one end of which is fastened to the counterweight and the other end to the center of the bottom rail of window-sash. In the center of the upper part of the inner panel of the door an opening may be formed, through which a portion of the band can be seen, and the band may be made to have upon it a series of advertisements, which as the window is raised or lowered can in turn be seen through 3 5 this opening. The window can be drawn down by hand in any suitable manner.

To hold the window down when it has been lowered, I mount a horizontal rod or spindle immediately below the center rail of the door,

which rod extends from one side of the door to the other. Short arms are made to project from the rod, one near each end. The short arms incline somewhat downward and their ends are by a spring acting on the spindle 5 made to bear against the inner face ofthe sides of the window-frame and keep the window from being raised, but yet allow it to be drawn down freely. A lever-handle is made to extend from the spindle, by pressing against which the short arms at the ends of the spin- 5o dle are drawn away from the window-sash, and the sash is then drawn upward by the action of the counterweight.

The drawings annexed show two views of a carriage'door fitted with a window which can be raised and lowered in the manner above described.

Figure 1 is an inside face view with the inner lining or casing of the lower part of the door'removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section.

' A is the counterweight, sufficiently heavy to eifect the raising of the window-sash.

B Bare the two vertical rods which pass through the weight and upon which the weight can slide up and down. At their upper end these rods are secured to a strong metal bar forming partof a metallic frame O, which is fixed to the side rails and to the under side of the middle rail of the door, which may be much weaker than usual, the metal frame givin g the strength which is requisite. At their lower end the rods are secured to a metal bar O, fixed to the bottom rail of the door. In this way the weight is held very securely, so that it can neither come into contact with the window nor the inside of the inner panel of the door-casing and yet can rise and fallvery freely, as it only comes into contact with the two metal rods B.

D is aroller the axes of which'are supported by brackets D, secured to the under side of the middle rail of the door.

E is a broad strap of leather, canvas, or like material passing over the roller and secured at one end to the weight A and at the other to the center of the bottom rail of the window-sash F.

G is a rod or spindle extending from one side of the door to the other and supported 0 atits ends in holes in the metal frame 0. The rod also passes through holes in the brackets D and is supported by them.

G are short arms extending from the rod, one near each of its ends, which are, held against the side bars of the frame of the window-sash and keep the sash from being raised by the action of the counterweight.

G2 is a lever-handle secured to the center of the rod G. By pressing this lever toward the window-sash the arms G can be moved away from the sash and then allow it to be raised by the counterweight.

G are springs which at other times tend to hold the arms against the sash.

The band E may, if desired, have a number of advertisements marked upon it, as above stated, and a suitably-glazed opening, such as shown at H, may be provided in the inner panel of the door, through which these ad vertisements can be seen one at a time.

I would state that I am aware that it is not broadlynew to raise window-sashes by means of weights and to employ catches to retain the sashes when they have been drawn down.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination, in a window,of the window-sash, a broad band secured at one end to the center of the bottom rail of said windowsash, a loose roller mounted on the frame over which the band is led, a movable weight to which the other end of the band is secured and which is sufficiently heavy to raise the window-sash and fixed vertical rods which pass down through the weight and keep it out of contact with all other parts of the door or window-sash thereby allowing of said weight rising and falling freely and without noise substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a window,of the win- (low-sash, a broad band secured at one end to the center of the bottom rail of said windowsash, a loose roller mounted on the frame over which the band is led, a movable weight to which the other end of the band is secured and which is sufficiently heavy to raise the window-sash, fixed vertical rods which pass down through the weight and keep it out of contact with-all other parts of the door or window-sash thereby allowing of said weight rising and falling freely and without noise, an oscillatory shaft or rod extending across the door below the top of its middle rail with arms inclining downward from it near each of its ends, a spring or springs to turn the rod in a direction to make the arms bear against the two side bars of the window-sash and another arm extending above the top of the middle rail by which the rod can be turned in the opposite direction substantially as described.

3. The co1nbination,in a window,of the window-sash, a flexible band secured at one end to the center of the bottom rail of said window-sash, a loose roller mounted on the frame over which the band is led, a movable weight to which the other end of the band is secured and which is sufficiently heavy to raise the window-sash; and fixed vertical guide-rods which pass down through the weight and keep said weight out of contact with all other parts of the door or window-sash, thereby allowing of said weight rising and falling freely and without noise; and means for retarding the movement of the sash against the action of said weight, substantially as described.

CHARLES BEAN KING, JR.

\Vitnesses:

ll. D. J AMESON, A. NUTTING. 

